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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Jul 31, 2025
Extended Early Bird Ends: Nov 25, 2024

Plenary Speakers

Prof. Sam Zhang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Title: Progress in Infrared Transparencies under Mechanical Environment
Professor Sam Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in Ceramics in 1991 from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. In 2006 he was promoted to tenured full professor in Singapore Nanyang Technological University. In 2018 he established and served as Director of Centre for Advanced Thin Films and Devices in Southwest University, China. In 2023, he joined in the School of Aeronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology and also serves HIT Zhengzhou Research Institute (https://homepage.hit.edu.cn/samzhang). Prof. Zhang was elected as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), a Fellow of Thin Films Society (FTFS) in 2018, and a Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIoMMM) in 2007. Prof. Zhang was a Principal Editor for Journal of Materials Research (USA) for thin films and coating field (since 2003). Prof. Zhang has been serving the world’s first “Thin Films Society” (www.thinfilms.sg) as its founding and current president since 2009. Prof. Zhang has authored/edited 21 books published with CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. Currently, Prof. Zhang is working on a four-volume Materials for Energy Handbooks in Chinese to be published in 2024 by Chongqing University Press. Of these books, Materials Characterization Techniques has been adopted as textbook by more than 30 American and European universities alone as of October 2015. That book had also been translated into Chinese and published by China Science Publishing Co. in October 2010 and distributed nationwide in China (also available online at Amazon.cn). Prof. Zhang is also the Series Editor for Advances in Materials Science and Engineering Book Series published by CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. A full list of his books is at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001JPBX42). Over the years, Prof. Zhang has authored/co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed international journal papers with h-index of 62 and total citation of over 13,500 times as of 29 May 2024 (https://publons.com/researcher/2817766/sam-zhang/).
Prof. Marc A. Rosen
Ontario Tech University, Canada
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Prof. Liangchi Zhang
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Title: Core Concepts and Processes of Intelligent Manufacturing
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Prof. Hany Moustapha
CEO SDG Innovation Network, ÉTS, University of Quebec
Title: Electric Air Mobility: Overview and Technology Challenges
B.Sc. from Cairo University (1970), M.Eng. and Ph.D. from McMaster University, Canada (1978). With Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) from 1978 to 2010, Dr. Moustapha was Senior Manager of Technology, Collaboration and Technical Training Programs for P&WC from 1999 to 2010 and was named P&WC Senior Research Fellow in 2011. Joined ÉTS in 2010 as Professor and Director of Aerospace Programs (AEROÉTS). Dr. Moustapha is the Canadian industry and academic member of NATO’s Aviation Technology since 2000. Advisory member for Europe Hybrid Electric Aircraft program. He is Adjunct Professor at Carleton University (Canada), Rzeszow University (Poland) and Galala University (Egypt), as well as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (U.S.A.). President of the Ambassador Club of the Montréal Congress Center (2017-2023). Dr. Moustapha is the founder and cofounder of the Montreal Aerospace Institute (MAI, 2001, 6 universities), the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Québec (CRIAQ, 2002), Aero Montreal Cluster (2005), the Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN, 2007), AEROETS (2010), Aerospace 4.0 (2016) and SDG Innovation Network (2019, 8 universities). He is a keynote speaker at various international conferences and forums on aviation, technologies of aircraft engines, and the various technology and skills challenges of the fifth industrial revolution “Industry 5.0”. He is the author and co-author of over 100 publications and two books on gas turbines and the recipient of over 30 national and international awards, including the following: Grand Ambassador of Montréal Congress Center (2024), Québec most prestigious Chevalier de l’Ordre National (2013), Montreal Inspiration and Research Award for top five aviation experts (2013), James C. Floyd Award (AIAC) (2012), Academic Leader Award, Tecnologico de Monterey, Queretaro, Mexico (2012), CRIAQ Tribute and Montreal Inspiration-Innovation Awards (2012), GARDN Tribute Award (2011), Pratt & Whitney Canada Senior Research Fellow (2011), Montréal Club des Ambassadeurs Awards (2006 & 2011), Concordia University Provost’s Circle of Distinction and Ryerson University Special Awards (2009), CASI Senior McCurdy Award (2008), ADRIQ Prix Carrière industrielle (2007), ASME Board of Governors Award (2007), Ryerson University Honorary Doctorate (2005), Egyptian Government Award for Technology Excellence (2005), Concordia University Teaching Excellence Award (2002), Canadian House of Commons Award for outstanding academic and professional achievements (2001), Pratt & Whitney Principal Award for world-class technology excellence (1999), United Technologies Special Presidential Award (1989), Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Value Control Award (1980), etc.
Prof. Ferri Aliabadi
Imperial College London
Title: Advanced Structural Health Monitoring Systems for Composite Aircraft
Professor of Aerostructures & Zaharoff Professor of Aviation, FRAeS, FIMA, CEng, CMaths Adminstrative Duties Head of Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College (2009-2017). Prior to joining Imperial College in 2005, he was Professor of Computational Mechanics, Director of Research and the Director of Aerospace Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London (1997-2004) and Reader and Head of Damage Tolerance Division at WIT, Southampton (1987-1996), Ben Franklin Scholar, PA, USA (1986), Research Fellow, Aero and Astro, Southampton University (1984-86) Ferri Aliabadi has worked in the field of Solids and Structures and has established an international reputation for his achievements in development of Computational Methods related to Fracture & Damage Mechanics. He has pioneered a new generation of boundary element method for structural integrity analysis. Research in computational mechanics (BEM, FEM and MeshFree) include: Acoustics noise control, Nonlinear Mechanics, Contact and Wear Mechanics, Optimisation and Reliability Analysis and Multiscale Material Modelling (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/structural-integrity-health-monitoring/). During the last decade, he has also pursued research and development in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for composite airframe in collaboration with the aeronautics industry (Airbus, Leonardo) supported by significant EU funding. He has been PI and coordinator of several EU projects including SMASH and SCOPE and coordinated the SHM platform for the wing in SARISTU project. One of the latest project is a 10 million Euro Cleansky II, core-partnership SHERLOC which he is the PI and coordinator with the aim of developing the next generation of smart (highly sensorised) composite airframe. Current projects also include EU Horizon 2020 projects BANNG and AVATAR on digital twining and ATI project with Rolls Royce related to hydrogen fuel tank. Ferri Aliabadi has published 480 papers in leading international journals and 63 books related to Experimental and Computational Methods in Solids and Structures ( ). He has been the editor in chief of 6 international journals and is editor in chief of international journal of Multiscale Modelling (https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/jmm) and Experimental and Computational Methods in Solids and Structures book series (https://www.worldscientific.com/series/cems). He is also on editorial board of 8 other international journals. Ferri Aliabadi has been recipient of several awards including a Distinguished Achievement Medal and the George Green Medal sponsored by Elsevier for his contribution to the field of computational mechanics. Prof Aliabadi has supervised 76 successful PhD studies and 22 post doctoral researchers. Ferri Aliabadi has coordinated and participated in 39 national and international research projects and continues to work closely with the aerospace sector in UK and Europe. He is a frequent Keynote speaker at international conferences related to Structural Mechanics and Computational Methods and has given many lecture tours internationally on the topic.
Prof. Chen Qingyan
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Title: Will be updated soon
Qingyan “Yan” Chen is the Director of the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) and Chair Professor of Building Thermal Science in the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University in the United States. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Building and Environment since 2008. Chen earned his B.Eng. in 1983 from Tsinghua University in China and M.Eng. in 1985 and Ph.D. in 1988 from the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He worked as a Research Scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich) from 1989 to 1991, as a Project Manager for TNO in the Netherlands from 1991 to 1994, and as Assistant and Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States from 1995 to 2002. Before he joined PolyU, Chen was Professor, Vincent P. Reilly Professor, and James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University from 2002 to 2021. Chen has more than 20 parallel appointments in his career, such as Changjiang Chair Professor at Tianjin University in China, Honorary Professor at RMIT University in Australia, Otto Monsted Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, New Millennium Yuelu Outstanding Visiting Professor at Hunan University in China, Professorial Fellow at Cardiff University in the UK, Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guest Professor at Tokyo Polytechnic University in Japan, Visiting Professor at Helsinki University of Technology in Finland, and visiting/adjunct/guest professors at many universities in China. In addition, he has co-supervised Ph.D. students from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, the University of Cagliari and the University of Padua in Italy, and the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Chen's current research interests are in healthy, energy-efficient, and sustainable built environment. He has published three books and over 500 journal and conference papers and has been invited to deliver more than 200 lectures internationally. According to Google Scholar, Chen's publications have been cited about 30,000 times with an H-index of 90. He has been awarded more than US$39 million in research funds. Chen has led four national research centers and one provincial key laboratory in the United States and China, such as the Center of Excellence for Airliner Cabin Environment Research sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S. and the 973 Project on Key Problems in Cabin Air Environment of Large Commercial Airliners and the national key R&D program on “Green Buildings and Building Industrialization” sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, China. At PAIR, Chen provides overall leadership to help PolyU to be a world-leader in providing interdisciplinary solutions to address major societal challenges. PAIR has 12 research institutes and seven research centers with 630 senior researchers with a research funding of around HK$844 million (US$108 m) in 2023/2024 academic year. Chen received several technical paper and poster awards and Distinguished and Exceptional Service Awards from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and CAREER award from the National Science Foundation in the United States in 1996. He also received the Willis J. Whitfield Award “for significant contributions to the field of contamination control through numerous published papers, studies, and reports” from the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology in 2007, John Rydberg Gold Medal for “outstanding contribution to the advancement of modelling and measurement of ventilation and air distribution in buildings” from the Scandinavian Federation of Heating, Ventilating and Sanitary Engineering Associations (SCANVAC) in 2011, and Distinguished Achievement Award that is “to recognize individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of building performance simulation over the course of their careers” from the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) in 2013. Chen was awarded as an honorable member of the Society of Heating, Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (SHASE) in 2020 for “promoting to encourage the international academic exchange and to enhance the friendly cooperation with oversea academic societies”. He was also recognized by the Hong Kong government as a Global STEM Professor in 2021. In 2022, he was elected as a fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering. Chen is also a fellow of the ASHRAE, the International Society of Indoor Air Quality (ISIAQ), the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA). Chen’s research results have been widely reported by news media such as BBC, CNN, DW, ABC, ARD, Sky News, Washington Post, New York Times, the Walls Street Journal, the Guardian, etc. Channel 4 of Chinese CCTV also reported a documentary “Chen Qingyan from Farm Boy to Scientist" in two episodes in its “Chinese World” programme.
Prof. Herbert Huppert
University of Cambridge, UK
Title: Giant granular collapses and their consequences
Born in Australia, Herbert graduated from Sydney University before going to ANU in Canberra and then UCSD in California to complete his formal education. From there he transferred to Cambridge in 1968 supported by a two-year fellowship. However he has not yet left ! He was appointed the first Professor of Theoretical Geophysics and innovated the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics in Cambridge in 1989, having been elected to the Royal Society in 1987. He is keenly interested in fluid mechanics and environmental fluid mechanics in particular. He initiated with Sir Steve Sparks the subject of Geological Fluid Mechanics and has published in a number of areas, including: double-diffusive convection; solidification and melting; gravity current flows, at both low and high Reynolds number; carbon dioxide sequestration; formation of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic; turbidites and pyroclastic flows; flow of granular material; volcanic eruption dynamics; flows through coral reefs; and defense against tsunamis. He has been an author or co-author of some 300 papers with a current H number of 86 (according to Google Scholar).
Prof. Raul Payri
Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Title: Effect of premix air on methane and hydrogen flames.
Prof. Raul Payri graduated as an industrial engineer in 1995. He completed his doctoral thesis in 1999. Teaching since 1998 he became Full Professor at Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in 2009 Dr. Payri is currently the manager of the injection group formed by 30 engineers. Since 2010 is responsible for 30 projects with an overall budget of 4 million euros. He has worked in more than 170 research projects funded by companies such as Puegeot-Citroen, Ford, General Motors, Renault, Fiat, BMW, General Electric, Daimler, Delphi, Jaguar Land Rover, Carterpillar, Cummins, Toyota. The dissemination of results has taken place over the publication of 156 articles in scientific journals. His h-citation index is 44 the highest in mechanical engineering in Spain. He has supervised 14 doctoral theses and over 72 master projects. Doctor Payri is editor in chief of the International Journal of Engine Research
Prof. Mohamed EL MANSORI
Arts et Métiers ParisTech (ENSAM), France
Title: Convergent manufacturing platform trough smart digitalization to augment resilience and sustainability
Mohamed EL MANSORI is a Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical, Material Science and Manufacturing Engineering, Arts et Métiers ParisTech (France) where he leads the Mechanics, Surfaces and Material Processing Laboratory (MSMP-EA-7350)/Engineering. He was appointed as TEES Research Professor at TAMU (USA) from 2018-2024. He is the Director Program of TEES-TAMU-ENSAM joint research cluster. He served as Deputy General Director in Charge of Research & Innovation at the Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France. He received Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute National Polytechnique de Lorraine (Nancy, France:1997). His current research interests include the interface of thermo-mechanic characteristics of both metallic and composite materials and physics behind their tribological and manufacturing performance including additive manufacturing technologies with a strong publication record of more than 280 papers in JCR referenced international journals and more than 200 international and national conference proceedings. H index 54. He is ranked dans TOP 2% scientist (Stanford university) since year 2020.
Prof. Wenming Yang
National University of Singapore
Title: Development of the next generation ammonia marine engine with high efficiency and near-zero GHG emissions
Dr Wenming Yang is currently the Dean’s Chair Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore. He is also the editor-in-chief of Energy Engineering and Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power, Alexandria Engineering Journal etc. His research interests include: Sustainable marine transportation, fuel design and its application in internal combustion engines, combustion and emissions control of biomass boilers etc. He has authored/co-authored more than 400 papers in peer-reviewed reputable journals (such as Nature Communication, Applied Energy etc) and international conferences, of which, more than 330 papers are SCI index. His papers have been cited by more than 19200 times with a H-index of 74. He has won a series of awards including the Dean’s Chair professor, 4 times of scientific progress award (2nd prize) by the Ministry of Education of China and the Society of Mechanical Engineering of China. He is also a regular reviewer for a lot of peer-reviewed reputable journals such as Nature, Nature Energy, Joule, Nano Energy, Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences etc.
Prof. Walid Daoud
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Title: Will be updated soon
Prof. Daoud is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Technology Graz, Austria, with a Dipl-Ing degree (BS and MS) in Chemical Engineering and received his PhD in flexible bilayer photovoltaic cells from the University of Sheffield, UK. Prof. Daoud’s current research is mainly focused on the areas of energy harvesting and smart wearable technologies. His group is developing approaches for harvesting free or waste energy, such as light and kinetic energies. Being intermittent sources, it is equally important to find storage solutions for this form of energy. Therefore, the group is interested in the modelling and design of compatible batteries. He has received international renown and several awards for his pioneering research on wearable solar and kinetic energy harvesting technologies. His research has featured in Nature (2004) and Science (2008) and broadcasted through interviews by major international media, such as Reuters (2014), BBC (2015) SCMP (2017), Physics World (2021) and PV Magazine (2022). He has been invited to present Plenary and Keynote lectures at international conferences and is currently serving as the Chief Editor of Wearable Electronics, Frontiers in Electronics and Editorial/Advisory Board of Journal of Power Sources Advances and Industrial Chemistry & Materials.